Elections to the Wigan Borough council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1994, with one third of the seats up for election. Prior to the election, Labour had defended their seats in two by-elections for Abram and Hindley. The election suffered from a mixture of a poor contesting rate and low voter turnout. The number of candidates contesting was just 50, the lowest since 1975, with four wards going unopposed, and Lib Dems back to fighting a half of the seats, and the Conservatives less than two-thirds. The only other opposition standing were three Independent Labour candidates, one of which was the previous - but since deselected - Labour incumbent for the seat being fought in Worsley Mesnes. Voter turnout rose from the previous election's nadir, but at 30.4%, still well below average.
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| - 1994 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election (en)
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| - Elections to the Wigan Borough council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1994, with one third of the seats up for election. Prior to the election, Labour had defended their seats in two by-elections for Abram and Hindley. The election suffered from a mixture of a poor contesting rate and low voter turnout. The number of candidates contesting was just 50, the lowest since 1975, with four wards going unopposed, and Lib Dems back to fighting a half of the seats, and the Conservatives less than two-thirds. The only other opposition standing were three Independent Labour candidates, one of which was the previous - but since deselected - Labour incumbent for the seat being fought in Worsley Mesnes. Voter turnout rose from the previous election's nadir, but at 30.4%, still well below average. (en)
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| - B. Wilson (en)
- J. Davies (en)
- W. Evans (en)
- J. O'Neill (en)
- F. Walker (en)
- J. Wright (en)
- M. Green (en)
- P. Smith (en)
- A. Wright (en)
- S. Cooper (en)
- D. Morris (en)
- B. Turner (en)
- H. Milligan (en)
- J. Hilton (en)
- J. Shaw (en)
- P. Evans (en)
- W. Pendleton (en)
- A. Emmett (en)
- T. Bishop (en)
- T. Harper (en)
- T. Sherratt (en)
- K. Pye (en)
- L. Chamberlain (en)
- A. Melling (en)
- C. Duffy (en)
- G. Seaward (en)
- S. Turner (en)
- W. Shaw (en)
- R. Clayton (en)
- G. Peach (en)
- I. Cunliffe (en)
- S. Hide (en)
- W. Simmons (en)
- A. Bullen (en)
- D. Graeme (en)
- H. Wagner (en)
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